( February 3, 2026, 1:38 PM EST) -- TACOMA, Wash. — The owner and operator of a Tacoma industrial facility that was sued in a Washington federal court by a nonprofit group dedicated to protecting Puget Sound and its tributaries for discharging polluted stormwater into surrounding waters in violation of its National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit and the Clean Water Act (CWA) entered into a consent decree under which it will pay $320,000 for water quality improvement projects and implement measures to ensure future compliance with statutory requirements....